Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-02-02 | Page 13 | Would Increase Germany's Army

WOULD INCREASE GERMANY'S AW Militaristic Governments to Present Bill, but Socialists Are in Opposition. By FREDERICK WERNER. Special Cable to Tho Tribune. BERLIN", Feb. J. Aftor a year liko 3912 in which the sound of the drums of war was heard above everything else, it is not strangu that tho militaristic governments of Germany should havo decided tho present t.imo as exceedingly propitious to bring forward their long repressed demands for a stronger army, and within a vcr3' short time, indeed, tho rcichstag, in spite of the fact that the Socialist party is exceedingly strong, will bo asked to pass a bill which greatly adds to Germany's military mili-tary power, and especially increases her strength as an aerial power. AJread" tho militaristic 7rosB, subsidized sub-sidized by IvruppB nnd other big concerns con-cerns interested in military supplies, is cautiously trying to influenco public opinion ih favor of addod armaments of all kinds. The beginning was mado last, year when 27,000 men were added to tho standing army, still the new army bill will ask for an incrcaso of'inou in ever' company in the army, a wholo new army corps, several new divisions ot cavaliy and more modern field artillery in order not to bo loft bohiud by France, whoso Creuzot and Schneidcr-C'anet Schneidcr-C'anet guns proved so far superior to tho Germans in tho battles in the Balkans. Bal-kans. The number of Zeppelin airships which the government proposes to build during tho present year is kont strictly socret. but every ono knows it will be .very largo. The great trouble is that the" treasury is as ompty ns evor, and that the people aro overburdened with taxes; so it is quito safe to predict that passage of tho army bill through tho roichstng, if it does pass safely, will bo a vory stormy one, as tho Socialists are determined to opposo tbo govornmont to the ver3' last